the country. 0.4%. then last week the cdc said it went from 0.4% of all covid to 3%. now from last week to this week omicron has gone from 3% of all the covid in the united states, from 3% to 73%. 0.4% two weeks ago, 3% last week, 73% this week. so bye-bye delta. omicron is now leaping ahead, becoming the dominant strain in the united states of america in just a lightning flash. in terms of what the new omicron pandemic will be like compared to the delta pandemic compared to the original strain, what we know about omicron is that it is massively contagious. it s massively transmissible. we know that, yes, vaccinations help when it comes to omicron. it helps prevent you from becoming infected and it certainly helps you avoid serious illness, hospitalization and death. vaccinations do help, even if you are already vaccinated, though, we know in the case of omicron you need a booster now. if you re not vaccinated yet, my god, now s the time. i mean, the big question here is we d
optimist, my favorite thing. my favorite thing because you enter the segment, i may be projecting, but you enter the segment in a dark space. that is not what you re saying but i sort of feel it, you know? and then your show s optimist in chief, congressman jayapal, actually presents an optimistic view of what is next. she actually does it. and it is real. i listened to it. i sit there with all my experience trying to tear it apart, and, no. it s real, legitimate. and i got to say she is brilliant at it. diplomatically in her presentation of it. it is my favorite thing to watch those words of optimism just washing over you and you just, you know, make them, you know, let them get into your heart and go on with life that way. it is like a recurring bit on this show. you re completely right. that i bring congressman jayapal on and i say, looks to me like nothing happened. looks to me like it s all over. whoa, this was a dark one. every single time. i hear you, rachel, but act
us for tonight, we will see you again tomorrow. when the days start getting longer in the night start getting shorter, right? we re here. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. you had one of my favorite segments, on one of my favorite rachel segments. it s the pessimist versus the optimist, when primala jayapal comes on your show, it s my favorite thing. you answer this segment, i may be projecting, but you answer this sub segment in a dark space. that s not what you re saying, but i sort of feel it. and then, you shows optimist-in-chief, congressman jayapal, actually presents an optimistic view of what s next. she actually does. it and it s real, i listen to. i sit there with all my experience trying to tear it apart, and no, it s real, it s legitimate, and i have to say, she s brilliant at it. diplomatically. in her presentation of it. but it s just my favorite thing, to watch those words of optimism, just washing over you. and yo
Us for tonight, we will see you again tomorrow. when the days start getting longer in the night start getting shorter, right? we re here. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. you had one of my favorite segments, on one of my favorite rachel segments. it s the pessimist versus the optimist, when primala jayapal comes on your show, it s my favorite thing. you answer this segment, i may be projecting, but you answer this sub segment in a dark space. that s not what you re saying, but i sort of feel it. and then, you shows optimist-in-chief, congressman jayapal, actually presents an optimistic view of what s next. she actually does.
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